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The case of the missing 558 posts

Out of 1,048 items on my link blog in the past 30 days only 490 came from the top 35 blogs.

So, more than half of the value of that link blog came from the B, C, D … Z list of my 772 feeds.

Shows that being on the A list isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. If you’re only reading the “A list” you’re missing 558 posts.

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As Startup Liaison for Rackspace, the Open Cloud Computing Company, Scoble travels the world looking for what's happening on the bleeding edge of technology for Rackspace's startup program. He's interviewed thousands of executives and technology innovators and reports what he learns in books ("The Age of Context," a book coauthored with Forbes author Shel Israel, has been released at http://amzn.to/AgeOfContext ), YouTube, and many social media sites where he's followed by millions of people. Best place to watch me is on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/RobertScoble
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I have a problem with your link blog or maybe with all shared google reader blogs (I don’t know, because I only subscribed to your blog). I use google reader, too.

Your blog is named ‘Items shared by’ in my reader, because I can’t rename it. In the rename dialog it is called ‘Items shared by scobleizer.com’ (incl. this html code). If I try to rename it, google reader won’t allow it.

Is it a setting of your blog, or do you have the same problems and it’s a bug in google reader?

I have a problem with your link blog or maybe with all shared google reader blogs (I don’t know, because I only subscribed to your blog). I use google reader, too.

Your blog is named ‘Items shared by’ in my reader, because I can’t rename it. In the rename dialog it is called ‘Items shared by scobleizer.com’ (incl. this html code). If I try to rename it, google reader won’t allow it.

Is it a setting of your blog, or do you have the same problems and it’s a bug in google reader?

Robert,
I think that the problem is that more casual internet users will may be read 30-100 articles per week (how many articles are there in Newsweek?) – there has always more good information out there than you can read (Just walk into a library and you will notice more great books than you could read in a lifetime if you did nothing but read).

So how do you get from 1048 to 100? to my 100? Today Digg seems to provide the best answer to this question. Tomorrow?

Robert,
I think that the problem is that more casual internet users will may be read 30-100 articles per week (how many articles are there in Newsweek?) – there has always more good information out there than you can read (Just walk into a library and you will notice more great books than you could read in a lifetime if you did nothing but read).

So how do you get from 1048 to 100? to my 100? Today Digg seems to provide the best answer to this question. Tomorrow?

It’s hard for me to say which ones are my favorites. Really the answer is that everyone I read is really an A list blogger of some kind. If I didn’t like them and/or they didn’t provide some value to my life I wouldn’t subscribe to them.

It’s hard for me to say which ones are my favorites. Really the answer is that everyone I read is really an A list blogger of some kind. If I didn’t like them and/or they didn’t provide some value to my life I wouldn’t subscribe to them.

If facebook will be the new infrastructure, for the new generation, will the world stop when it craps out?

“Facebook is temporarily unavailable.

We are working on it…”

Sorry, I think they aimed too high (or bloggers are over-positioning it). It is one of many social networks. Does not deserve nor should it be the hub of anything. Even the googleplex isn’t reliable enough for that role.

The internet ecosystem is the only thing resilient enough (just) to underpin everything.

If facebook will be the new infrastructure, for the new generation, will the world stop when it craps out?

“Facebook is temporarily unavailable.

We are working on it…”

Sorry, I think they aimed too high (or bloggers are over-positioning it). It is one of many social networks. Does not deserve nor should it be the hub of anything. Even the googleplex isn’t reliable enough for that role.

The internet ecosystem is the only thing resilient enough (just) to underpin everything.

@Justin – believe it or not I was going to post the same exact thing about FB problems here (since unfortunately FB week is over!)

A bit annoying since we do use FB for work-related purposes to, and the last few days have been a nightmare. Group members disappeared all of a sudden, my account is ‘unavailable’ more often than not and now this total outage.

I wonder if it has to do with the API; must be a nightmare having all those semi-tested 3rd party apps to look after!

@Justin – believe it or not I was going to post the same exact thing about FB problems here (since unfortunately FB week is over!)

A bit annoying since we do use FB for work-related purposes to, and the last few days have been a nightmare. Group members disappeared all of a sudden, my account is ‘unavailable’ more often than not and now this total outage.

I wonder if it has to do with the API; must be a nightmare having all those semi-tested 3rd party apps to look after!

I am glad you said that every blogger you read is an A list blogger of some kind. I really hate the idea that because someone has a diehard following that this person is actually contributing more than anyone else.

After leaving the Microsoft echo chamber of blogs I have found that there are many great tech bloggers out there that work on anything but the Microsoft platform. This has in turn made me into a more pragmatic and better programmer and teacher.

It just proves the point that listening to the minority at times can yield better results than listening to the mob.

I am glad you said that every blogger you read is an A list blogger of some kind. I really hate the idea that because someone has a diehard following that this person is actually contributing more than anyone else.

After leaving the Microsoft echo chamber of blogs I have found that there are many great tech bloggers out there that work on anything but the Microsoft platform. This has in turn made me into a more pragmatic and better programmer and teacher.

It just proves the point that listening to the minority at times can yield better results than listening to the mob.

I think that is worse than a random outage. An object lesson in the fragility of an ecosystem with no diversity. Facebook itself (or the web2.0 fb koolaiders) want a nice neat new fast infrastructure with which the world shares their personal stuff in a controlled manner, because getting it off the internet means no more hassles with standards and interoperability and companies that flame out, but they ignore the dark side of that wish.

I think that is worse than a random outage. An object lesson in the fragility of an ecosystem with no diversity. Facebook itself (or the web2.0 fb koolaiders) want a nice neat new fast infrastructure with which the world shares their personal stuff in a controlled manner, because getting it off the internet means no more hassles with standards and interoperability and companies that flame out, but they ignore the dark side of that wish.

Your blog is getting really boring. There isn’t really anything interesting anymore to read on your blog. And many people I know are really tired of reading your everyday adventures. They should be kept for a Britney Spears fan blog. This blog is losing quality.

Your blog is getting really boring. There isn’t really anything interesting anymore to read on your blog. And many people I know are really tired of reading your everyday adventures. They should be kept for a Britney Spears fan blog. This blog is losing quality.

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